State Bar Court

The State Bar Court of California serves as the administrative arm of the California Supreme Court in the adjudication of disciplinary and regulatory matters involving California attorneys. Although it is not formally a court of record, its judges are subject to admonition, censure, removal, or retirement by the Supreme Court upon the same grounds as provided for judges of courts of record in the state of California. The Court holds adversarial hearings between attorneys accused of misconduct and the Office of Chief Trial Counsel of the California State Bar.